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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Interest in the Energy Labelling on Restaurant Menus
No study has investigated the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the public’s interest in using energy labelling on restaurant menus. This study explores the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the public interest in using energy labelling on restaurant menus and meal delivery applications and the i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9866988/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36678337 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15020466 |
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author | Alkhaldy, Areej A. Alhumaidan, Omar A. Alkhunein, Sarah M. Alkhalaf, Majid M. Bookari, Khlood A. Arrish, Jamila M. |
author_facet | Alkhaldy, Areej A. Alhumaidan, Omar A. Alkhunein, Sarah M. Alkhalaf, Majid M. Bookari, Khlood A. Arrish, Jamila M. |
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description | No study has investigated the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the public’s interest in using energy labelling on restaurant menus. This study explores the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the public interest in using energy labelling on restaurant menus and meal delivery applications and the impact of energy-labelling availability on food choices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. An online questionnaire was completed by 1657 participants aged ≥ 18 years. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 32% of customers visited a restaurant 2–4 times/week. However, during the pandemic, 35% of customers visited a restaurant only once per week. There was no difference in interest in reading energy labelling or using meal delivery applications before and during the pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, about 55% of restaurant customers reported that they had noticed energy labelling, with 42% of them being influenced by the energy-labelling information. Regarding energy information on food delivery applications, 40% of customers noticed energy labelling when using the applications, with 33% of them being affected by the energy labelling. Customer interest in reading about energy on restaurant menus during the pandemic did not change significantly from the level of interest before the pandemic. The interest expressed by the public in using the energy labelling was low both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-98669882023-01-22 The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Interest in the Energy Labelling on Restaurant Menus Alkhaldy, Areej A. Alhumaidan, Omar A. Alkhunein, Sarah M. Alkhalaf, Majid M. Bookari, Khlood A. Arrish, Jamila M. Nutrients Article No study has investigated the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the public’s interest in using energy labelling on restaurant menus. This study explores the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the public interest in using energy labelling on restaurant menus and meal delivery applications and the impact of energy-labelling availability on food choices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. An online questionnaire was completed by 1657 participants aged ≥ 18 years. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 32% of customers visited a restaurant 2–4 times/week. However, during the pandemic, 35% of customers visited a restaurant only once per week. There was no difference in interest in reading energy labelling or using meal delivery applications before and during the pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, about 55% of restaurant customers reported that they had noticed energy labelling, with 42% of them being influenced by the energy-labelling information. Regarding energy information on food delivery applications, 40% of customers noticed energy labelling when using the applications, with 33% of them being affected by the energy labelling. Customer interest in reading about energy on restaurant menus during the pandemic did not change significantly from the level of interest before the pandemic. The interest expressed by the public in using the energy labelling was low both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. MDPI 2023-01-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9866988/ /pubmed/36678337 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15020466 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Alkhaldy, Areej A. Alhumaidan, Omar A. Alkhunein, Sarah M. Alkhalaf, Majid M. Bookari, Khlood A. Arrish, Jamila M. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Interest in the Energy Labelling on Restaurant Menus |
title | The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Interest in the Energy Labelling on Restaurant Menus |
title_full | The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Interest in the Energy Labelling on Restaurant Menus |
title_fullStr | The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Interest in the Energy Labelling on Restaurant Menus |
title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Interest in the Energy Labelling on Restaurant Menus |
title_short | The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Interest in the Energy Labelling on Restaurant Menus |
title_sort | impact of the covid-19 pandemic on public interest in the energy labelling on restaurant menus |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9866988/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36678337 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15020466 |
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